Today, Blizzard announced on Twitter that World of Warcraft’s latest and highly-anticipated expansion titled Shadowlands, won’t be coming out till the year’s end.
According to John Hight, the executive producer of World of Warcraft, the expansion has been delayed to fix a few rough edges, work on balancing-issues, and further develop the endgame.
The endgame especially has been difficult to work with because, according to Hight, Shadowlands is “one of the most intricate expansions” to date and the biggest one in World of Warcraft’s history.
As we all know, 2020 has been a pretty rough year for everyone due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with Blizzard being no exception to it.
According to Hight, the pandemic had caused workers to start working from their homes – a sight we see quite often these days – which has further caused a fall in the team’s efficiency and delayed the expansion.
Apart from that, Hight also announced that the pre-patch for WoW’s expansion, which will set the stage for Shadowlands, will be released on October 13th, carrying with it “revamped character leveling” and “a host of customization options.”
At the beginning of this month, Blizzard announced that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will need an exceptionally large amount of storage, that too in the form of SSD, for it to run properly.
Not only is SSD a part of the recommended specs, but it will be a basic requirement for people to run the game properly.
Despite the steep system requirements that Blizzard stated to the loyal fans of World of Warcraft, most of them were still entranced by the expansion pack and were really looking forward to it.
Let’s be honest, who wouldn’t be excited after Shadowlands was cited as the biggest expansion pack for WoW to date? Nobody, I’d say.
Regardless, as of now, the exact date for Shadowlands’ release is yet to be confirmed, and all we can do is hope that it really does launch by the end of this year!
| Minimum Specs | Recommended Specs | |
| OS | Windows® 7 64-bit | Windows® 10 64-bit |
| Processor | Intel® Core™ i5-3450 or AMD FX™ 8300 | Intel® Core™ i7-6700K or AMD Ryzen™ 7 2700X |
| Memory | 4GB RAM (8GB if using supported integrated graphics) | 8GB RAM |
| Graphics | Nvidia GeForce GTX 760, AMD Radeon RX 560, or Intel UHD 630 (45W) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 or AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 | DirectX 12 |
| GPU VRam | 2GB VRAM | 8GB VRAM |
| Storage | HDD 100GB available space | SSD 100GB available space |
About World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is an MMORPG which is developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. Shadowlands is the eighth expansion pack of World of Warcraft.
Set in the aftermath of Battle for Azeroth, Shadowlands is all ready to give you nightmares as it requires players to head into the terrorizing land of the dead. While exploring the petrifying realm of Shadowlands, players are required to stop “the Dark Lady”, Sylvanas who has now disturbed the harmony among life and death by demolishing the Helm of Domination.
One can expect WoW: Shadowlands to offer an enthralling, hypnotic experience owing to its unrivaled graphical artwork and compelling new features.
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